(pic) is entitled to immunity from prosecution for acts committed while in office.
The bench, led by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, in a unanimous decision, allowed Sundra Rajoo s appeal to reinstate a High Court decision that he (Sundra Rajoo), as a former high-ranking officer of AIAC, was immune from prosecution for acts done within his official capacity. In our view, the word ‘legal process’ employed in Part II of the Second Schedule of the International Organisation (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1992 includes criminal proceedings, ” she said.
The court answered the legal question in the affirmative, that the words immunity from suit or from other legal processes” in the Second Schedule of the International Organisation (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1992 included criminal proceedings.
Friday, 30 Apr 2021 03:52 PM MYT
Former Asian International Centre for Arbitration’s (AIAC) director Datuk Sundra Rajoo Nadarajah (centre) leaves the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur March 26, 2019. Picture by Hari Anggara
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PUTRAJAYA, April 30 The Federal Court seven-member bench today ruled that former director of Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) Datuk Prof Dr N. Sundra Rajoo is entitled to immunity from prosecution for acts committed while in office.
The bench led by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, in a unanimous decision, allowed Sundra Rajoo s appeal to reinstate the High Court s decision that he (Sundra Rajoo), as a former high ranking officer of AIAC, was immune from prosecution for acts done within his official capacity.
30 Apr 2021 / 15:51 H. Pix for illustration purposes.
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court seven-member bench today ruled that former director of Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) Datuk Prof Dr N. Sundra Rajoo is entitled to immunity from prosecution for acts committed while in office.
The bench led by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, in a unanimous decision, allowed Sundra Rajoo’s appeal to reinstate the High Court’s decision that he (Sundra Rajoo), as a former high ranking officer of AIAC, was immune from prosecution for acts done within his official capacity.
“In our view, the word ‘legal process’ employed in Part II of the Second Schedule of the International Organisation (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1992 includes criminal proceedings,” she said.
DEVELOPERS may not be in such a rush to collect booking fees in the future following a recent Federal Court ruling that not only is such a practice expressly prohibited by the law, but perhaps more crucially, that the calculation for late delivery of a house commences from the date a booking fee is paid, and not when the sale and purchase agreement (SPA) is signed.
Commenting on the recent landmark ruling, legal experts say developers will likely be more cautious about collecting a booking fee or initial payment on a house as this would be considered illegal. Furthermore, they expect new residential SPAs to be signed only when developers are genuinely ready to commence a project, a move that could potentially deter them from building too many houses unless there is strong demand and help to reduce the significant property glut (see accompanying story, “What should developers do moving forward?”).